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Table 1 Patient demographics and length of hospitalization

From: The timing of drain removal in parotidectomies: outcomes of removal at 4 h post-operatively and a Canadian survey of practice patterns

 

Drain removed 4 h postoperatively (POD 0)

Drain removed ≥ 1 day postoperatively (POD ≥ 1)

p-value

N (%)

235 (45%)

291 (55%)

 

Av. Age (yr) ± SD

50 ± 15

56 ± 17

 < 0.001*

% Male

50%

54%

0.38

# of Superficial parotidectomies

180/235 (77%)

208/291 (71%)

0.20

# of complete parotidectomies (%)

55/235 (23%)

83/291 (29%)

0.20

Malignant pathology (%)

23/235 (1.0%)

29/291 (1.0%)

1

Average length of hospital stay (nights)

0.04 ± 0.21

1.08 ± 0.36

 < 0.001*

  1. *P value < 0.05
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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

ISSN: 1916-0216

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